1 00:00:09,080 --> 00:00:16,840 Speaker 1: Our three on a Liberty Thursday, John Justice on Twin 2 00:00:16,880 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 1: Cities News Talk Am eleven thirty and one oh three 3 00:00:19,360 --> 00:00:22,320 Speaker 1: five FM from the sixty five to one Carpet plus 4 00:00:22,400 --> 00:00:25,840 Speaker 1: Home of the Next Day Install Studios Brett and the 5 00:00:25,880 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 1: Master Control Booth. For the final show of twenty twenty five. 6 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: I'm heading off on vacation. I'll be back Monday, January fifth. 7 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:37,000 Speaker 1: We will have the tribute to Charlie Brown Christmas coming 8 00:00:37,080 --> 00:00:40,519 Speaker 1: up before the end of the show this morning. We're 9 00:00:40,560 --> 00:00:42,600 Speaker 1: also going to work through some of the stack that 10 00:00:42,640 --> 00:00:44,440 Speaker 1: I have not had a chance to get to, including 11 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:48,479 Speaker 1: both the European version and the American version of the 12 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 1: Words of the Year. 13 00:00:51,920 --> 00:00:53,599 Speaker 2: And hopefully we can talk a little movies too. 14 00:00:53,600 --> 00:00:56,680 Speaker 1: I got a couple of a great stories relating to 15 00:00:56,720 --> 00:00:58,920 Speaker 1: that in an email that I received from a friend 16 00:00:58,920 --> 00:01:02,200 Speaker 1: of the show. Right now, we'll talking about fraud here 17 00:01:02,200 --> 00:01:05,600 Speaker 1: in Minnesota. There was a committee hearing that took place 18 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:10,160 Speaker 1: yesterday regarding fraud. A lot came from that. We've been 19 00:01:10,160 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: sharing with you the audio. Yesterday. Representative Kristin Robbins, subernatorial candidate, 20 00:01:16,880 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 1: alleged also that the Minnesota Department of Human Services paid 21 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:23,520 Speaker 1: Medicaid money to a defendant and Feeding our future case 22 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 1: through the assisted living program while they were awaiting trial. 23 00:01:27,400 --> 00:01:28,800 Speaker 2: I'm not even kidding with you. 24 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:35,640 Speaker 1: The allegations during the hearing was that DHS gave taxpayer 25 00:01:35,640 --> 00:01:38,200 Speaker 1: dollars to a Feeding our Future defendant as late as 26 00:01:38,240 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 1: October while he was still awaiting his federal trial, even 27 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,319 Speaker 1: though the States assisted and through the state's Assisted and 28 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:48,800 Speaker 1: Customized Living program. Robins declined to name the defendants and 29 00:01:48,840 --> 00:01:52,280 Speaker 1: said her researcher used public records to identify the payments. 30 00:01:52,280 --> 00:01:53,920 Speaker 2: Again, the information's just out there. 31 00:01:55,120 --> 00:01:58,720 Speaker 1: After Robin's presentation, the DHS Inspector General, who you heard 32 00:01:58,800 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: last hour, James Clark, didn't cooborate her allegations. Robbins told 33 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,040 Speaker 1: the committee, it's outrageous that the Department is still allowing 34 00:02:07,120 --> 00:02:10,240 Speaker 1: of feeding our future fraudster who has been who had 35 00:02:10,280 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: been charged to still get money of any kind. After 36 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,600 Speaker 1: the committee hearing, Clark detail reporters that, like Robbins, the 37 00:02:17,680 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: agency has been investigating connections between the possibly fraudulent providers, 38 00:02:22,840 --> 00:02:25,520 Speaker 1: but it is not familiar with the case wherein Feeding 39 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 1: our Future defendant is still receiving payments. Clark emphasized that 40 00:02:29,680 --> 00:02:33,840 Speaker 1: DHS can suspend payments, unlike the US attorney or the 41 00:02:33,880 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 1: office of a legislative auditor. It's my understanding that for 42 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:41,920 Speaker 1: every single feeding our future defendant that's been indicted, we 43 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 1: scrub our records to see if they have ties to 44 00:02:43,919 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 1: the Department of Human Services billing, and we investigate and 45 00:02:47,400 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 1: we stop payments. So if there is evidence that of 46 00:02:50,240 --> 00:02:53,240 Speaker 1: feeding our future defendant out there who are still getting 47 00:02:53,680 --> 00:02:55,959 Speaker 1: bills from the state or still billing the state, please 48 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 1: let us know. Representative Dave Pinto dfl out of Saint 49 00:02:59,200 --> 00:03:03,440 Speaker 1: Paul in a state and criticized Robbins for prioritizing political theater. 50 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 1: If cher Robbins has in fact uncovered legitimate concerns of fraud, 51 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,520 Speaker 1: a claim for which there is no evidence that her 52 00:03:11,520 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: top priority should have been to get them investigated and, 53 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:17,960 Speaker 1: if warranted, to get payment stopped. Her deliberate choice instead 54 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:21,120 Speaker 1: to prioritize political theater and let the funds keep flowing. 55 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:23,720 Speaker 1: Is yet another example of her choosing to put her 56 00:03:23,760 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: partisan political ambitions above those of Minnesota taxpayers. What if 57 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,520 Speaker 1: she had just found out hadn't gotten there yet letting 58 00:03:30,560 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 1: everybody know, I guess the question that I have is, 59 00:03:33,760 --> 00:03:36,120 Speaker 1: are they going to do the proper follow up now 60 00:03:36,160 --> 00:03:41,760 Speaker 1: that she's gone, and said that lou Regoose has been 61 00:03:41,800 --> 00:03:46,120 Speaker 1: posting commentary online from Caro Levin. He put this one 62 00:03:46,200 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 1: up just recently regarding adult daycares, which we've talked about 63 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,840 Speaker 1: on the show, how any new applications are being halted 64 00:03:53,000 --> 00:03:56,360 Speaker 1: and any pending applications canceled for two years amidst growing 65 00:03:56,440 --> 00:03:59,760 Speaker 1: concerns of fraud. Here's the latest of what lou Ragoose 66 00:03:59,800 --> 00:04:01,280 Speaker 1: had to say in his post. 67 00:04:01,640 --> 00:04:04,240 Speaker 3: The Inspector General in charge of stopping fraud at the 68 00:04:04,240 --> 00:04:08,040 Speaker 3: Minnesota Department of Human Services says owners of adult daycares 69 00:04:08,080 --> 00:04:12,440 Speaker 3: are paying kickbacks to steal clients from other adult daycares 70 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,800 Speaker 3: as part of a fraud scheme. DHS is freezing all 71 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:20,080 Speaker 3: new provider applications for adult day services for two years. 72 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 2: To get a grip on the fraud. The biggest red flag. 73 00:04:22,680 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 3: Over the last five years, the number of people using 74 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:28,479 Speaker 3: adult day services increased by seven percent, but the number 75 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:32,560 Speaker 3: of providers increased by forty three percent. As the Inspector 76 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:35,760 Speaker 3: General said, if there isn't enough demand for legitimate business, 77 00:04:36,160 --> 00:04:41,479 Speaker 3: fraudsters are motivated to drum up illegitimate business. I'm louver Goose. 78 00:04:41,480 --> 00:04:44,440 Speaker 1: Follow for more news and again he's from Caro leven 79 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:50,520 Speaker 1: Bill long one more fraud item posted this fraud being 80 00:04:50,520 --> 00:04:56,039 Speaker 1: baked into the state budget. Earlier this year, Minnesota state 81 00:04:56,080 --> 00:05:01,200 Speaker 1: budget officials presented their latest state budget forecast. In a 82 00:05:01,279 --> 00:05:05,920 Speaker 1: report to at American Experiment, They write, Minnesota's budget deficit 83 00:05:05,960 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 1: has very little, if anything, to do with what is 84 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 1: going on in Washington. D c has some claimed Minnesota's 85 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,960 Speaker 1: fiscal problem is not only worse than what the headline 86 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:16,120 Speaker 1: numbers show, but also has been going on since the 87 00:05:16,200 --> 00:05:18,479 Speaker 1: end of the twenty twenty three session. So what is 88 00:05:18,560 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: causing this slow motion fiscal disaster? In a word, it's fraud. 89 00:05:22,520 --> 00:05:25,280 Speaker 1: Welcome to Minnesota, the fraud capital of the United States. 90 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:30,560 Speaker 1: Minnesota State government operates its budget in two year cycles 91 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:34,360 Speaker 1: called the biennia. The forecast for the fiscal year twenty 92 00:05:34,360 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: eight to twenty nine cycle shows a projected deficit of 93 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 1: almost three billion dollars. Constitutionally, state government can't run a 94 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 1: deficit unlike the Feds, so taxes must be raised to 95 00:05:47,560 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 1: cover any shortfall. Why not just cut spending to balance 96 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,640 Speaker 1: the books. We'll get to that in a moment. The 97 00:05:53,720 --> 00:05:57,679 Speaker 1: latest forecast, though again fiscal year eight and twenty nine 98 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: the outlook worse by about two billion, three hundred and 99 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:05,440 Speaker 1: sixteen million since the date the budget was passed six 100 00:06:05,480 --> 00:06:08,720 Speaker 1: months ago. Some of that shortfall is attributed to is 101 00:06:08,760 --> 00:06:13,720 Speaker 1: attributable to reduced revenue projections. The real problem lies, though, 102 00:06:13,720 --> 00:06:18,760 Speaker 1: in increased spending. The increase to spending the bulk almost 103 00:06:18,839 --> 00:06:22,680 Speaker 1: eighty percent, lies in a single budget area, Health in 104 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:28,880 Speaker 1: human Services, scheduled to increase by an unexpected one billion, 105 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:31,920 Speaker 1: three hundred and sixty two million during that twenty eight 106 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:33,919 Speaker 1: to twenty nine cycle. Now you dig deeper, and I 107 00:06:33,960 --> 00:06:35,599 Speaker 1: know we're getting into the weeds. Arera a bit, but 108 00:06:35,680 --> 00:06:38,719 Speaker 1: just bear with me. You dig deeper into the health 109 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:42,640 Speaker 1: and Human services category in almost all of the fiscal 110 00:06:42,720 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 1: year twenty eight twenty nine unexpected increase is driven by 111 00:06:46,800 --> 00:06:53,080 Speaker 1: one single line items four casted programs within the state 112 00:06:53,120 --> 00:06:59,320 Speaker 1: Department of Human Services DHS. To over simplify, as big 113 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:04,480 Speaker 1: Lon writes, forecasted programs is a euphemism for entitlement social 114 00:07:04,600 --> 00:07:07,719 Speaker 1: welfare spending. These programs don't have a set budget. The 115 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:10,400 Speaker 1: money continues to be paid out to anyone and everyone 116 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,000 Speaker 1: who's eligible. The only way to control the spending is 117 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: to limit the eligibility or discontinue individual programs within the department. 118 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:25,160 Speaker 1: The forecasted programs line that item of the DHS is 119 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:28,320 Speaker 1: where much of the multi billion dollar fraud has taken place. 120 00:07:29,520 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: So during the state budget presentation back on December fourth, 121 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: the state budget officials took questions from the media in attendance. 122 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:40,600 Speaker 1: An extraordinary sequence can be heard beginning at about the 123 00:07:40,640 --> 00:07:43,680 Speaker 1: forty minute mark and what was posted online. Reporters asked 124 00:07:43,680 --> 00:07:46,440 Speaker 1: a question where in the budget did the fraud numbers appear. 125 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:51,320 Speaker 1: Channel five's Tom Hauser reported from inside the room. Minnesota 126 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:55,720 Speaker 1: budget officials say money lost to fraud is not specifically 127 00:07:55,760 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: accounted for in budget forecasts as a specific line item. Instead, 128 00:08:01,760 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 1: it's just accounted for as part of the overall spending. 129 00:08:11,000 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 2: Yeah, you heard that right. 130 00:08:16,720 --> 00:08:21,200 Speaker 1: Past fraud is now baked into the spending numbers. In 131 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 1: budget jargon, pass fraud is now incorporated into the spending 132 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:27,400 Speaker 1: baseline treated is that as if it's just going to 133 00:08:27,440 --> 00:08:31,080 Speaker 1: continue forever. For the first time, Walls is acting tough 134 00:08:31,120 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 1: on fraud. Federal prosecutors continue to go after individual frausters 135 00:08:35,280 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 1: to the extent that anti fraud efforts are successful, will 136 00:08:38,120 --> 00:08:41,040 Speaker 1: the taxpayers even see any benefit? Will there be any 137 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:45,839 Speaker 1: anti fraud dividend tax cut funded by lower fraud spending. 138 00:08:45,840 --> 00:08:47,880 Speaker 2: Or will the windfall money merely. 139 00:08:47,640 --> 00:08:51,360 Speaker 1: Be shifted to state bureaucrats to other spending items to 140 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:56,720 Speaker 1: justify their bloated budgets and headcount. Writes Bill GLNN, the 141 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:06,240 Speaker 1: world is watching. Yeah, we're all watching. Welcome to Minnesota, 142 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:11,800 Speaker 1: fraud capital of the United States. What's surprising is that 143 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:15,400 Speaker 1: when you go to the Oxford University Press and their 144 00:09:15,440 --> 00:09:17,760 Speaker 1: word of the year is actually more apropos to what 145 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,120 Speaker 1: we're dealing with here, rage bait. We'll get to more 146 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:24,200 Speaker 1: of the words of the year words that were most 147 00:09:24,240 --> 00:09:27,360 Speaker 1: pronounced this year as well. We have the tribute to 148 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:29,520 Speaker 1: a Charlie Brown Christmas talk back of the day on 149 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 1: the way. We still got a lot of ground to 150 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:33,959 Speaker 1: cover on this final show of twenty twenty five here 151 00:09:34,000 --> 00:09:41,160 Speaker 1: on Twin City's News Talk Don't Go Anywhere Wow. Oxford 152 00:09:41,280 --> 00:09:45,560 Speaker 1: University Press has named rage bait as its word of 153 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:50,320 Speaker 1: the year, capturing the Internet zeitgeist of twenty twenty five. 154 00:09:50,400 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 1: So this is what our friends over the pond have 155 00:09:53,800 --> 00:09:56,880 Speaker 1: determined is the word of the year. Rage Bait top 156 00:09:56,960 --> 00:10:00,240 Speaker 1: to two other contenders. As we continue the final Show 157 00:10:00,240 --> 00:10:02,320 Speaker 1: twenty twenty five here on Twin Cities News talk for me, 158 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:05,200 Speaker 1: I'll be back on Monday, January fifth, from the sixty 159 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:08,080 Speaker 1: five to one carpet plus Next Day Install Studios. The 160 00:10:08,120 --> 00:10:14,079 Speaker 1: two other contenders it topped was Aura Farming. Brett, you're 161 00:10:14,080 --> 00:10:15,760 Speaker 1: shaking your head up and down like you're familiar with 162 00:10:15,800 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 1: that one. I am what is Aura Farming? 163 00:10:18,080 --> 00:10:20,840 Speaker 4: Couldn't tell you, Okay, but I know I've heard of 164 00:10:20,880 --> 00:10:24,160 Speaker 4: it and there's a certain dance associated. 165 00:10:24,800 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 2: Biohack was the other one. Oh Ire, I don't know. 166 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:29,720 Speaker 1: I actually have that. It has the oh nea it 167 00:10:29,720 --> 00:10:32,640 Speaker 1: has in the story. The answer to my question, Aura 168 00:10:32,840 --> 00:10:36,679 Speaker 1: farming means to cultivate a public image by presenting oneself 169 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:40,720 Speaker 1: in a way intended to subtly convey an air of confidence, coolness, 170 00:10:40,800 --> 00:10:43,040 Speaker 1: or mystique. You know, like dressing, classing when you get 171 00:10:43,040 --> 00:10:43,680 Speaker 1: on an airliner. 172 00:10:45,480 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 4: Sure you can see that full circle there is, yes, 173 00:10:49,880 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 4: nice callback. 174 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: Bio hack is defined as an attempt to improve or 175 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:57,239 Speaker 1: optimize one's physical or mental performance, health, or longevity. 176 00:10:58,400 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 4: So it's like a life hack for your body. Yeah, okay, yeah, 177 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:04,240 Speaker 4: I've never heard of that one. 178 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: But so, my, my, my, oily amotz arella balls would 179 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:11,439 Speaker 1: probably not fall into the category of a biohack. I 180 00:11:11,440 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 1: guess depending on what your definition of a of a 181 00:11:14,520 --> 00:11:17,680 Speaker 1: biohack is. But I would see mini leaf is the Bible. 182 00:11:17,760 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: I could be a biohack absolutely. Speaking of which, right now, 183 00:11:21,000 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 1: just you know what, thank you so much for that. 184 00:11:22,440 --> 00:11:24,839 Speaker 2: You had no idea. But right now they have some. 185 00:11:24,880 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 1: Amazing like mini leaf stocking stuffers they've they've put together. Yeah, 186 00:11:30,400 --> 00:11:33,720 Speaker 1: they're going to be at the Paul European Christmas Market 187 00:11:34,120 --> 00:11:37,800 Speaker 1: Friday through Sunday, and they got stocking stuffers. I'm looking 188 00:11:37,840 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 1: at them right now. He's like little little little mini 189 00:11:40,679 --> 00:11:47,000 Speaker 1: leaf stockings. They're decorated for Christmas, Gummi's and a candy cane. Fantastic, Yeah, 190 00:11:47,200 --> 00:11:48,880 Speaker 1: danky canes, they're calling them. 191 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 2: Check that out. 192 00:11:51,600 --> 00:11:53,360 Speaker 1: They sponsor your talk back of the day that's coming 193 00:11:53,440 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: up here. In just a moment, I had a comment 194 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 1: that rolled in. You guys are weird. Sometimes I can't 195 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:02,520 Speaker 1: find it. My apologies. I had a comment that rolled 196 00:12:02,520 --> 00:12:05,040 Speaker 1: in and somebody was saying, John, with your heart problems, 197 00:12:05,080 --> 00:12:08,560 Speaker 1: so you'd be eating oiled mozzarella balls It's like my 198 00:12:08,600 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 1: heart problems were all plumbing related. It's not artery related. 199 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,880 Speaker 1: It's plumbing related because it's just because my plumbing was 200 00:12:15,920 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: all thrown off. The Monzarella balls will have any impact 201 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:20,400 Speaker 1: on that. Yeah, I don't know if my cardiology is 202 00:12:20,440 --> 00:12:23,200 Speaker 1: not within the pipes you're saying. Yeah, I mean typically 203 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:24,959 Speaker 1: if you have a heart problem with clogged arteries, you 204 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:26,000 Speaker 1: want to make sure you eat better. 205 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:26,120 Speaker 5: Now. 206 00:12:26,160 --> 00:12:28,520 Speaker 2: I do try to take care of myself obviously, Yeah. 207 00:12:28,320 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 1: But my specific heart rate, my heart related issues was 208 00:12:32,040 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: they were genetic, a bicuspod heart valve which ended up 209 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:37,440 Speaker 1: creating the aneurysm, of which both had to be replaced, 210 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:39,680 Speaker 1: and then holes that popped up in them. Yeah, the 211 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:42,520 Speaker 1: pipes were not clogged, they were broken. Yes, thank you 212 00:12:42,679 --> 00:12:44,920 Speaker 1: very much. This is why I appreciate Brett when he's 213 00:12:44,920 --> 00:12:47,240 Speaker 1: in here. He's able to go and help me work 214 00:12:47,280 --> 00:12:49,439 Speaker 1: through my word salads, of which that was. 215 00:12:49,640 --> 00:12:52,479 Speaker 2: This is just a word salad with no substance. 216 00:12:52,720 --> 00:12:56,840 Speaker 1: The Word of the Year is selected by the Lexo 217 00:12:57,200 --> 00:13:04,160 Speaker 1: the Lexicoxographers sure Oxford University Press, who analyze new and 218 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,680 Speaker 1: emerging words. Past winners include podcast in two thousand and five, 219 00:13:08,600 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 1: emoji in twenty fifteen Goblin mode. 220 00:13:12,600 --> 00:13:15,800 Speaker 4: I remember in twenty twenty two did this show at 221 00:13:15,800 --> 00:13:18,439 Speaker 4: that point? I remember a talking about goblin. 222 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:21,640 Speaker 1: I remember Goblin Mode two describe people who are resisting 223 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:25,439 Speaker 1: returning to normal life after the COVID nineteen pandemic. I 224 00:13:25,480 --> 00:13:27,600 Speaker 1: think there are people that are still in goblin, molden, 225 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:29,000 Speaker 1: goblin mode. 226 00:13:29,080 --> 00:13:30,640 Speaker 2: I didn't think that's what that meant. 227 00:13:30,720 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 1: Yeah, people who have resisted returning to a normal life 228 00:13:33,440 --> 00:13:37,400 Speaker 1: after COVID nineteen, which pretty much describes the current state 229 00:13:37,440 --> 00:13:38,320 Speaker 1: of the Democrat Party. 230 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:39,840 Speaker 2: I think they're all still in goblin mode. 231 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:50,200 Speaker 1: Miriam Western's twenty twenty five word of the Year Okay, creepy, 232 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 1: zany and demonstrably faked content is often called slop the 233 00:13:57,840 --> 00:14:02,319 Speaker 1: words proliferation online in part thanks to the widespread availability 234 00:14:02,440 --> 00:14:07,480 Speaker 1: of generative artificial intelligence. Landed and Merriam Webster's twenty twenty 235 00:14:07,559 --> 00:14:10,880 Speaker 1: five word of the Year. Slop was first used in 236 00:14:10,920 --> 00:14:15,400 Speaker 1: the seventeen hundreds to mean soft mud, but it's evolved 237 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:19,680 Speaker 1: more generally to mean something of little value. The definition 238 00:14:19,760 --> 00:14:23,120 Speaker 1: has since expanded to mean digital content of low quality 239 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:27,800 Speaker 1: that is produced, usually in quantity, by means of artificial intelligence. 240 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:30,160 Speaker 2: In other words. You know, absurd. 241 00:14:29,920 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 1: Videos, weird advertising images, cheesy propaganda, fake news that looks real, 242 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:40,480 Speaker 1: junkie ai written digital books. It's all slop. You can 243 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:42,160 Speaker 1: probably describe this morning show a slop. 244 00:14:42,800 --> 00:14:45,120 Speaker 2: I'm just kidding. I've been having a good time. 245 00:14:46,160 --> 00:14:51,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, Rounding outs Merriam Webster's top words of twenty twenty five, 246 00:14:51,120 --> 00:14:52,520 Speaker 1: In the first one, right out of the gate, I 247 00:14:52,520 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 1: think is stupid? Okay, six seven. Well it's not a 248 00:14:56,320 --> 00:15:01,240 Speaker 1: word exactly. Yeah, it's a phrase phrase. The viral term 249 00:15:01,280 --> 00:15:04,240 Speaker 1: exploded in popularity over the summer. Inside joke with an 250 00:15:04,280 --> 00:15:07,320 Speaker 1: unclear meaning, driven by social media, can be traced back 251 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:12,160 Speaker 1: to rapper Scrilla's twenty twenty four song dute six seven. 252 00:15:14,960 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 1: There is no meaning. No, it's just a thing. It's 253 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:20,600 Speaker 1: just a thing that people. It's like it's like a kint. No, 254 00:15:20,640 --> 00:15:22,520 Speaker 1: I can't even I was gonna say it's like saying dude, 255 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 1: But it's not like saying dude. 256 00:15:24,120 --> 00:15:26,000 Speaker 2: It's just non. It's just a phrase. 257 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,800 Speaker 1: Yeah, it doesn't. It's just it doesn't really mean anything. 258 00:15:29,800 --> 00:15:31,680 Speaker 1: So it shouldn't be I shouldn't be in here. The 259 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 1: other one's performative performative male shorthand for a disingenuous guy 260 00:15:38,040 --> 00:15:40,960 Speaker 1: who pretends to like things women like in order to 261 00:15:41,000 --> 00:15:41,680 Speaker 1: gain their trust. 262 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:46,160 Speaker 2: Jerry Mander. I think we all know that one touch grass. 263 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:47,680 Speaker 2: That's a good one. 264 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:50,680 Speaker 1: Definition of the popular internet phrase phrase to participate in 265 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,640 Speaker 1: normal activities in the real world, especially as opposed to 266 00:15:53,680 --> 00:16:00,560 Speaker 1: online experiences and interactions conclave. It's also list Yeah's old 267 00:16:00,600 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 1: election of a pope that derives its name from the 268 00:16:02,560 --> 00:16:06,800 Speaker 1: Italian con klav, meaning with a key to underscore. The 269 00:16:06,800 --> 00:16:11,800 Speaker 1: cardinals seequestered until they find a winner. Tariffs made the 270 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:17,640 Speaker 1: list as well. If I get my two thousand dollars check, 271 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:21,880 Speaker 1: tariffs can win. Okay, that's that's my stance. So here 272 00:16:21,880 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 1: are the words that define the last ten years? Okay 273 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 1: I am, I am, So here are the words that 274 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:28,800 Speaker 1: defined the last ten years. As we wrap up this 275 00:16:28,800 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 1: little portion here, we'll get to the the mispronouncement's coming 276 00:16:32,080 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 1: up in a moment. 277 00:16:33,080 --> 00:16:35,240 Speaker 2: But let's see you go back to twenty fifteen. 278 00:16:35,280 --> 00:16:38,680 Speaker 1: It was isam, which is dumb because that's the tag 279 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:39,720 Speaker 1: that goes on other words. 280 00:16:39,920 --> 00:16:40,800 Speaker 2: I questioned all of this. 281 00:16:41,800 --> 00:16:46,600 Speaker 1: Twenty sixteen was surreal twenty seventeen feminism, twenty eighteen justice. 282 00:16:47,160 --> 00:16:51,760 Speaker 2: Hey, look at that hey. Twenty nineteen, they oh, and 283 00:16:51,760 --> 00:16:52,080 Speaker 2: then you. 284 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:57,320 Speaker 1: Get the eight do it again oh twenty nineteen. Of 285 00:16:57,360 --> 00:16:59,320 Speaker 1: the words that defined the last ten years, according to 286 00:16:59,360 --> 00:17:06,440 Speaker 1: Miriam Webster, was they energy. 287 00:17:04,480 --> 00:17:04,880 Speaker 5: Thank you. 288 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:09,080 Speaker 2: Twenty twenty and twenty twenty one Brett. 289 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:11,520 Speaker 1: I don't typically like to ever personally be put on 290 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:13,639 Speaker 1: the spot like this, and therefore I don't like to 291 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,439 Speaker 1: go and intentionally put other people in a position like this. 292 00:17:16,480 --> 00:17:17,920 Speaker 1: But I will ask you if you'd like to take 293 00:17:17,960 --> 00:17:20,720 Speaker 1: a stab at what the twenty twenty and twenty twenty 294 00:17:20,760 --> 00:17:26,160 Speaker 1: one words were. According to Miriam Webster, I mean very 295 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: indicative of the time that we were living in twenty 296 00:17:28,320 --> 00:17:29,360 Speaker 1: twenty and twenty twenty one. 297 00:17:29,400 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 2: How about math or. 298 00:17:31,320 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: You're you're on the social distance, you're on the right path. 299 00:17:36,520 --> 00:17:39,919 Speaker 1: What were we two weeks to flatten the groove? Pandemic 300 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty, vaccine in twenty twenty one. Twenty twenty 301 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:48,800 Speaker 1: two was kip, speed was gas lighting twenty twenty three? 302 00:17:48,880 --> 00:17:52,679 Speaker 1: Was authentic? In twenty twenty four was polarization. Okay, so 303 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:54,600 Speaker 1: there you go, all of which are words that can 304 00:17:54,640 --> 00:17:56,800 Speaker 1: still apply here. It's I look at the vaccine and 305 00:17:56,800 --> 00:18:01,800 Speaker 1: the pandemic. One I just cringe. Oh, just just going 306 00:18:02,320 --> 00:18:05,440 Speaker 1: even even just pondering the time that we lived through 307 00:18:05,480 --> 00:18:08,480 Speaker 1: the pandemic just makes me just let's shudder. 308 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,720 Speaker 4: What a horrible time, Yeah, but absolutely horrible. I think 309 00:18:11,800 --> 00:18:14,879 Speaker 4: Touchgrass is a runaway winner this year. I like that 310 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:15,440 Speaker 4: one a lot. 311 00:18:15,800 --> 00:18:16,280 Speaker 2: I like that. 312 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:18,880 Speaker 1: I look, I love the word slop. I think it's 313 00:18:18,880 --> 00:18:21,280 Speaker 1: just fun to say. But I'm with you, although I 314 00:18:21,320 --> 00:18:22,960 Speaker 1: have a problem. It's a phrase. It's not a word, 315 00:18:23,000 --> 00:18:25,960 Speaker 1: it's two words. I guess it should be Phrase of 316 00:18:26,000 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 1: the Year, yeah, or just thing. 317 00:18:27,560 --> 00:18:29,600 Speaker 2: Of the year. All right, Yeah. 318 00:18:29,840 --> 00:18:31,280 Speaker 1: Talk Back to the Day is coming up, brought to 319 00:18:31,280 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: you by Minni Leaf in just a moment. Will also 320 00:18:34,000 --> 00:18:37,120 Speaker 1: give you the most mispronounced words of twenty twenty five. 321 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:40,000 Speaker 1: And I have a ridiculous clip from Zohorn Mom Donnie 322 00:18:40,000 --> 00:18:42,920 Speaker 1: that we will share with you ahead of. 323 00:18:42,520 --> 00:18:44,080 Speaker 2: The tribute to a Charlie Brown Christmins. 324 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:46,280 Speaker 1: It's all coming up on twin Citi's News Talk Am 325 00:18:46,280 --> 00:18:47,960 Speaker 1: eleven thirty and one of three five FM. 326 00:18:48,000 --> 00:18:55,720 Speaker 2: You're Fascinating to talk to Final segment. 327 00:18:59,080 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 1: Twin City's News Am eleven thirty and one three five FM. 328 00:19:02,359 --> 00:19:06,280 Speaker 1: Your Tribute to it Charlie Brown Christmas coming up in 329 00:19:06,280 --> 00:19:08,440 Speaker 1: just a moment here on Quinn City's News Talk got 330 00:19:08,440 --> 00:19:10,240 Speaker 1: to get to your talkback of the day in this morning. 331 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:13,840 Speaker 1: It really is going to be talkbacks of the day. 332 00:19:14,119 --> 00:19:19,239 Speaker 1: Thank you to everybody that has left Christmas greetings on 333 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,920 Speaker 1: the talkbacks and the emails as well. I really do 334 00:19:23,640 --> 00:19:25,840 Speaker 1: appreciate it, which is why it's tough to reward one. 335 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:28,320 Speaker 1: So we'll do several this morning, your talkbacks of the 336 00:19:28,400 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 1: day on the final show of twenty twenty five. These 337 00:19:30,600 --> 00:19:32,960 Speaker 1: are brought to you by Mini Leaf minileaf dot com. 338 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:35,440 Speaker 1: Head on over m I N N E L e 339 00:19:35,520 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: a f dot com. And remember Mini Leaf is going 340 00:19:38,520 --> 00:19:41,000 Speaker 1: to be at the Saint Paul European Christmas Market Friday 341 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 1: through Sunday again, so you can pick up their amazing 342 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:47,919 Speaker 1: products there as well. Now here are your talkbacks of 343 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:48,280 Speaker 1: the day. 344 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:50,920 Speaker 6: In spite of all the bad news that we hear 345 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:54,679 Speaker 6: every day, let's remember that hope came into this world 346 00:19:54,680 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 6: two thousand years ago, and that hope can enter our 347 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:02,679 Speaker 6: lives today as we individually make room for Jesus and 348 00:20:02,760 --> 00:20:07,840 Speaker 6: our hearts. He can bring hope and light in a 349 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:12,120 Speaker 6: world that often has a lot of dark places. May 350 00:20:12,240 --> 00:20:16,840 Speaker 6: you have a joyous Christmas, John, and we hope look 351 00:20:16,920 --> 00:20:18,359 Speaker 6: forward to you next year. 352 00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:20,239 Speaker 1: Thank you so much for the comments. And I got 353 00:20:20,280 --> 00:20:22,080 Speaker 1: a little worried there at first because I'm like, hope. 354 00:20:21,920 --> 00:20:22,840 Speaker 2: It's not that old. 355 00:20:23,320 --> 00:20:26,760 Speaker 1: He was talking about hope, hope, not not that other 356 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:30,280 Speaker 1: hope that's taking a break from social media. 357 00:20:30,640 --> 00:20:32,800 Speaker 7: John, Good morning pat for me again. I just wanted 358 00:20:32,840 --> 00:20:35,720 Speaker 7: to wish you and your family the merriest of Christmases 359 00:20:36,680 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 7: and thank you for the hard work every morning all year, 360 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:46,320 Speaker 7: and have a very happy New Year. And here's to 361 00:20:46,440 --> 00:20:50,520 Speaker 7: a great twenty twenty six in Minnesota, which you're doing 362 00:20:50,600 --> 00:20:52,679 Speaker 7: your darnest to help fix. 363 00:20:53,359 --> 00:20:57,080 Speaker 2: Thank you. Good morning John, Happy Thursday. 364 00:20:57,600 --> 00:21:00,520 Speaker 7: I just wanted to issh you a very mary Christmas 365 00:21:00,520 --> 00:21:03,280 Speaker 7: and say thank you for all that you do for us. 366 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:07,200 Speaker 1: Take care and God bless hey. 367 00:21:07,280 --> 00:21:07,480 Speaker 8: John. 368 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:10,000 Speaker 2: Wishing you your producers are very merry Christmas. 369 00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:12,159 Speaker 9: I hope you wake up Christmas morning and find a 370 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:14,119 Speaker 9: twelve pack of zem onto your tree. 371 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:15,800 Speaker 2: Very Christmas and happy New Year. 372 00:21:15,880 --> 00:21:16,000 Speaker 10: Oh. 373 00:21:16,040 --> 00:21:18,800 Speaker 1: I wish somebody had shared with me a recipe for 374 00:21:18,880 --> 00:21:20,000 Speaker 1: that online yesterday. 375 00:21:20,359 --> 00:21:22,879 Speaker 2: It's just not the same, just not the same. 376 00:21:23,480 --> 00:21:26,760 Speaker 1: A recipe, yeah, a recipe to make homemade zema. Now, 377 00:21:26,800 --> 00:21:28,879 Speaker 1: granted I haven't tried to make it. I almost feel 378 00:21:28,920 --> 00:21:29,920 Speaker 1: like bad if I tried. 379 00:21:29,760 --> 00:21:31,639 Speaker 2: To do that. But it's just not that. It's got 380 00:21:31,680 --> 00:21:34,399 Speaker 2: to be the real stuff. Is it even possible to 381 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:35,800 Speaker 2: get that? No, it's not, it's not. 382 00:21:35,880 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 1: They made a limited run and they had like a 383 00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:41,280 Speaker 1: zema party. I think it was last year in Wisconsin. 384 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:43,919 Speaker 1: But I love my zema, don't misunderstand, But not enough 385 00:21:43,920 --> 00:21:45,399 Speaker 1: to travel down in Wisconsin in order to get some. 386 00:21:45,520 --> 00:21:48,399 Speaker 2: It's quite all right. More than John Dan and the drug. 387 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,199 Speaker 11: Hope you and Britain enjoy your well be there of 388 00:21:51,240 --> 00:21:51,920 Speaker 11: your education. 389 00:21:52,280 --> 00:21:54,200 Speaker 7: I hope you all have been very Merry Christmas and 390 00:21:54,200 --> 00:21:54,960 Speaker 7: a happy New Year. 391 00:21:56,280 --> 00:21:57,320 Speaker 2: Hey, good morning, John. 392 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 5: I just realized that today is there last day until 393 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:02,280 Speaker 5: after the first of the year. 394 00:22:03,119 --> 00:22:05,480 Speaker 2: I'm really going to miss hearing you in the morning. 395 00:22:05,960 --> 00:22:07,760 Speaker 2: But I want to wish you a merry Christmas and 396 00:22:07,800 --> 00:22:08,680 Speaker 2: a happy New Year. 397 00:22:09,000 --> 00:22:12,719 Speaker 5: And you just take this time and enjoy and I 398 00:22:12,760 --> 00:22:14,959 Speaker 5: also have a couple of five day weekends coming up. 399 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:17,520 Speaker 2: Good for you again. Merry Christmas and happy New Year 400 00:22:17,560 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 2: to you and Sam. 401 00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:22,400 Speaker 1: That is your talk back to the day again, brought 402 00:22:22,400 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 1: to you by Mini Leaf and Mini Leaf dot com 403 00:22:25,600 --> 00:22:27,399 Speaker 1: and one more time for good measure. Remember they're going 404 00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:29,439 Speaker 1: to be at the same Ball European Christmas Market Friday 405 00:22:29,480 --> 00:22:33,720 Speaker 1: through Sunday this week where you can go and pick 406 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,600 Speaker 1: up their fantastic products. I'm actually texting right now with 407 00:22:37,080 --> 00:22:39,440 Speaker 1: Eric from Minnie Leaf. They got restocked on the tonics. 408 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,240 Speaker 1: There's a lot with the pictures in these tonics. 409 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:43,560 Speaker 2: That's a lot of tonics. 410 00:22:43,640 --> 00:22:47,520 Speaker 1: So am I N N E l e AF dot com. 411 00:22:47,520 --> 00:22:50,560 Speaker 1: From the election of Zohorn mom Donnie to the intrigue 412 00:22:50,600 --> 00:22:53,320 Speaker 1: surrounding the Joel heist at the Louver. Keeping up with 413 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:59,640 Speaker 1: this year's list of the most difficult pronunciations this year, 414 00:23:00,280 --> 00:23:04,080 Speaker 1: the language learning company Babel and closed captioning company The 415 00:23:04,119 --> 00:23:07,560 Speaker 1: Captioning Group on Thursday released a list of words that 416 00:23:07,600 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 1: the news anchors, politicians, and other public figures in the 417 00:23:10,400 --> 00:23:14,400 Speaker 1: US struggled with the most this year, giving an overview 418 00:23:14,680 --> 00:23:18,800 Speaker 1: of the people topics that had Americans talking. So, Mam 419 00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 1: Donnie made his political rise. Babel said his name, which 420 00:23:23,240 --> 00:23:27,359 Speaker 1: should be pronounced Zoe Ron Mam Donnie. So I've been 421 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:30,520 Speaker 1: pronouncing it correct this whole time, right, The most commonly 422 00:23:30,560 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 1: mispronounced name when people swapped the m for the n 423 00:23:34,920 --> 00:23:38,920 Speaker 1: in his last name. The theft of the Crown Jewels 424 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,879 Speaker 1: in France from the Louver in October had many people 425 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:45,560 Speaker 1: mispronouncing the name of the world's most visited museum. Babel 426 00:23:45,560 --> 00:23:48,639 Speaker 1: says the correct pronunciation pronunciation. 427 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 2: Is louvra. 428 00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:59,560 Speaker 1: Lov capital and then ruh. It's a very soft pronunciation 429 00:23:59,800 --> 00:24:03,879 Speaker 1: on the rugh, which can be challenging for English speakers. 430 00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:08,240 Speaker 2: They go on to say other words on the list. 431 00:24:08,840 --> 00:24:12,960 Speaker 2: A scene metaphine. 432 00:24:14,880 --> 00:24:18,399 Speaker 1: Alex Murdau is on here too, the prominent South Carolina 433 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:20,320 Speaker 1: attorney who was sentenced to life in prison in twenty 434 00:24:20,359 --> 00:24:22,920 Speaker 1: twenty one for the fatal shootings of his wife and son. 435 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:29,960 Speaker 1: Apparently it's pronounced Alec Murdoch. See I always said Murdau 436 00:24:30,040 --> 00:24:34,000 Speaker 1: because well, is that how they spell his last name in. 437 00:24:34,040 --> 00:24:40,440 Speaker 2: Lethal weapon, which is a Christmas Is it really? 438 00:24:40,560 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 12: Yeah? 439 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:49,600 Speaker 2: Cause you didn't know. So it's Alec Murdoch. Monzao pronounce Monjarro. 440 00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,000 Speaker 2: So I guess I said that wrong. 441 00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,680 Speaker 1: Part of the wave of diabetes and obesity medications that 442 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,680 Speaker 1: sort in popularity because of the way to people have 443 00:24:57,800 --> 00:25:02,320 Speaker 1: lost taking the injections in a pronunciations. Surprise of the 444 00:25:02,440 --> 00:25:05,760 Speaker 1: Year actor Denzel Washington told the late night talk show 445 00:25:05,760 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 1: host Jimmy Kimmel that he was named after his father 446 00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:15,240 Speaker 1: and their first names are actually pronounced Denzel, not Denzel. 447 00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:16,400 Speaker 2: Everything's a lie. 448 00:25:16,800 --> 00:25:18,719 Speaker 1: Well, it's kind of like with Ace Freely, and it's 449 00:25:18,760 --> 00:25:23,080 Speaker 1: actually Ace Frehley. He said that became confusing, so his 450 00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:27,960 Speaker 1: mother decided to pronounce her her son's name Denzel. So, boy, 451 00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,399 Speaker 1: if I had a list, I'd probably take up a 452 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:31,399 Speaker 1: whole show of names that I've just randomly. 453 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:33,560 Speaker 2: Mispronounced on the show, I could take up a lot. 454 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:35,399 Speaker 2: Speaking of Zohran mom Donnie. 455 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:40,119 Speaker 1: He was talking with Trevor Noah on Trevor's podcast I 456 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 1: Guess and about the efforts that he's making in New 457 00:25:42,440 --> 00:25:46,480 Speaker 1: York City. This clip was making the viral rounds yesterday 458 00:25:47,040 --> 00:25:47,560 Speaker 1: under we. 459 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 13: Made five bus routes free in New York City. When 460 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,320 Speaker 13: we made those bus routes free, after a year, assaults 461 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:56,000 Speaker 13: on bus drivers dropped by thirty eight point nine percent 462 00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:58,920 Speaker 13: on the bus drive the bus drivers because unlike the train, 463 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,600 Speaker 13: the act of a collection on the bus happens on 464 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:10,200 Speaker 13: the bus, and bus drivers and unions have shared anecdotally 465 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:15,240 Speaker 13: that about fifty percent of assaults happen around the farebox. 466 00:26:15,680 --> 00:26:18,560 Speaker 13: So when you eliminate the farebox, you make for a 467 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:23,680 Speaker 13: safer experience for the bus driver, for everyone on these Yeah. 468 00:26:23,080 --> 00:26:23,800 Speaker 2: You know, Brett. 469 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 1: I don't know if you're aware of this, but you know, 470 00:26:27,160 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 1: oftentimes banks will get robbed. If you just went and 471 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:37,960 Speaker 1: made the money in the banks free to everybody, you know, 472 00:26:38,040 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 1: banks would never get robbed. 473 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:40,720 Speaker 2: Think about it. 474 00:26:41,320 --> 00:26:45,359 Speaker 1: Grocery stores, things get lifted all the time, target gets 475 00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:49,080 Speaker 1: robbed all the time. If those products were just free, 476 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 1: then they would never get robbed. 477 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:53,800 Speaker 13: We made five bus routes free in New York City. 478 00:26:54,840 --> 00:26:56,800 Speaker 13: When we made those bus routes free, after a year, 479 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:00,600 Speaker 13: assaults on bus drivers dropped by thirty eight point nine. 480 00:27:00,680 --> 00:27:01,879 Speaker 2: I had a friend of the show. 481 00:27:02,240 --> 00:27:05,760 Speaker 1: He does the American Warrior radio show, known for a 482 00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 1: long time going back to my days in Arizona, Benbueler Garcia. 483 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:11,679 Speaker 1: I had posted this online and he wrote, violence on 484 00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:16,480 Speaker 1: and around public transit has increased substantially in Tucsons, specifically 485 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:21,480 Speaker 1: under the free transit program, including a young man murdered 486 00:27:21,600 --> 00:27:26,240 Speaker 1: with a hatchet. I mean of the ridiculous notions that 487 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:29,480 Speaker 1: I've heard from Zohorn Mom Donnie that has to be 488 00:27:29,720 --> 00:27:33,840 Speaker 1: way up on the top of the list, you know, 489 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:35,560 Speaker 1: because you know the violence takes place. If you just 490 00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 1: get rid of the fair box and it's free, then 491 00:27:37,240 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 1: people won't end up getting hurt. 492 00:27:39,200 --> 00:27:43,199 Speaker 6: Easy way to remember how to pronounce mom Donnie. Just 493 00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:48,480 Speaker 6: think of mayor Jacob pry Man. Boy mom jeans Jacob pry. 494 00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:52,439 Speaker 1: Okay, this is done from Phoenix, Arizona. 495 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 2: It's louver well, yeah, I think is. 496 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:58,680 Speaker 1: It louver a louverra. But I think that rough part 497 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,000 Speaker 1: is the part that's tripping people up. 498 00:28:00,240 --> 00:28:04,639 Speaker 10: Move on that one that I'm a little late, but 499 00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:08,240 Speaker 10: I just wanted to say happy holiday, I see you 500 00:28:08,640 --> 00:28:10,240 Speaker 10: and say I'm the producer. 501 00:28:11,040 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 13: I seen the metafit of. 502 00:28:12,280 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 8: Both of you. 503 00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:21,360 Speaker 2: Yet Joles pronounced so from the comedie. 504 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,200 Speaker 8: Now that your bud, Katie Pavlich is going to News Nation, 505 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:32,719 Speaker 8: where we see your smiley face on News Nation, you 506 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:34,399 Speaker 8: have a great holiday season. 507 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:38,240 Speaker 2: I do not know. I listen. I have no expectation 508 00:28:38,320 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 2: on that front. 509 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 1: For those that had missed the news on that Katie 510 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,800 Speaker 1: Pavltch has left Fox News and will now be starting 511 00:28:44,800 --> 00:28:49,200 Speaker 1: in twenty twenty six, the primetime host in the ten 512 00:28:49,200 --> 00:28:52,480 Speaker 1: o'clock Eastern time time slot, so you'll be able to 513 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,560 Speaker 1: watch her on News Nation at nine o'clock our time. 514 00:28:56,600 --> 00:29:03,160 Speaker 1: And I'm just incredibly, incredibly happy for my John. This 515 00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:06,320 Speaker 1: is just a word salad with oily mozzarella balls. 516 00:29:06,960 --> 00:29:09,560 Speaker 2: Have a great Christmas. This is just a word salad 517 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:10,920 Speaker 2: with no substance. 518 00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,360 Speaker 9: Good morning, John, say. I also had it by a 519 00:29:15,400 --> 00:29:19,360 Speaker 9: custod bell than a oric aneurysm so bake valve here. 520 00:29:20,960 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 9: Don't you think the Minnesota taxpayers should get like a 521 00:29:23,520 --> 00:29:26,240 Speaker 9: tax holiday this next year? 522 00:29:27,640 --> 00:29:28,200 Speaker 8: Just a thought. 523 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 2: Merry Christmas, Hey John. 524 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 11: On a health note, this is Denise from Chicago City, Minnesota. 525 00:29:36,680 --> 00:29:40,120 Speaker 11: The oil that your mozzarella balls are soapd in is 526 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:41,520 Speaker 11: actually a healthy oil. 527 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 2: Normally it's olive oil. 528 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:48,160 Speaker 11: And we really need some good, healthy olive oil in 529 00:29:48,200 --> 00:29:51,520 Speaker 11: our diet, and your mozzarella balls are probably healthy too, 530 00:29:51,800 --> 00:29:53,920 Speaker 11: just in moderation, good fat. 531 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:54,600 Speaker 12: We need it. 532 00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 11: Thanks, have a great vacation. 533 00:29:57,520 --> 00:29:58,160 Speaker 2: I'll tell you what. 534 00:29:58,200 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 1: That is a fantastic news, especially considering that I've actually 535 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 1: been drinking that oil. I've been taking it like it 536 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: was a like it was a shot. 537 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,640 Speaker 2: I'm just kidding. I haven't been doing that. I haven't 538 00:30:09,680 --> 00:30:10,440 Speaker 2: been doing that at all. 539 00:30:14,160 --> 00:30:17,240 Speaker 5: John, I'm super sad that this is your last day 540 00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:20,400 Speaker 5: for the rest of the year, but I understand the 541 00:30:20,480 --> 00:30:24,160 Speaker 5: need to take a break. We're on the same vacation 542 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:27,200 Speaker 5: cycle and my mornings aren't going to be the same. 543 00:30:28,320 --> 00:30:33,160 Speaker 1: Back to something reasonable, going back some now twenty years ago, 544 00:30:33,160 --> 00:30:37,000 Speaker 1: which is absolutely amazing. Before I got the job in Tucson, Arizona, 545 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:40,480 Speaker 1: before I met my dear friend Drew, who I continue 546 00:30:40,520 --> 00:30:43,160 Speaker 1: to miss every single day when I arrive here at 547 00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:47,200 Speaker 1: Twin Cities News Talk, I was working part time on 548 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:50,320 Speaker 1: a news talk station owned by iHeartRadio, and I was 549 00:30:50,400 --> 00:30:55,000 Speaker 1: asked to host, along with another employee with iHeart at 550 00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:58,800 Speaker 1: the time at Wood, a night show on Christmas. And 551 00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 1: because of that, I wanted to put together something special 552 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,240 Speaker 1: and ever since then, right before I head off on vacation, 553 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 1: the last show that I do before I take my 554 00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,360 Speaker 1: two weeks off and head into the new year, I 555 00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:12,800 Speaker 1: like to share this with you as my closing out 556 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 1: of the year, my tribute to Christmas, my love of Christmas, 557 00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:19,280 Speaker 1: and specifically a Charlie Brown Christmas. So this is what 558 00:31:19,360 --> 00:31:22,600 Speaker 1: I wrote almost twenty years ago. Phil Tower was the 559 00:31:22,640 --> 00:31:25,760 Speaker 1: program director at the time in Grand Rapids Michigan, and 560 00:31:25,800 --> 00:31:28,880 Speaker 1: when Phil asked me my thoughts about hosting a live 561 00:31:28,920 --> 00:31:32,040 Speaker 1: show on Christmas night, I was excited over the opportunity 562 00:31:32,080 --> 00:31:34,440 Speaker 1: to be able to simply be on the air doing 563 00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:37,960 Speaker 1: what I love. Being out of work full time as 564 00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:40,840 Speaker 1: the host of a morning show for the past four months, 565 00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:45,360 Speaker 1: Tonight I decided would be a little Christmas gift to myself. Sure, 566 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 1: few people would be listening, but I enjoyed doing talk 567 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:52,280 Speaker 1: radio so much that any opportunity that I can get 568 00:31:52,520 --> 00:31:55,760 Speaker 1: I gladly welcome. Once we decided to go ahead and 569 00:31:55,840 --> 00:31:59,200 Speaker 1: do what we ended up calling Leftover Eggnog, it was 570 00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:02,200 Speaker 1: time to figure out just what we were going to 571 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:04,680 Speaker 1: do with the show. If you've been listening to the 572 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,080 Speaker 1: show for any length of time, we decided to keep 573 00:32:07,120 --> 00:32:10,280 Speaker 1: it simple. Let's remember our troops fighting for our freedom 574 00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:13,479 Speaker 1: who can't be with us. Let's tell stories of our 575 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:17,400 Speaker 1: Christmas present and past. Let's go through the news items 576 00:32:17,400 --> 00:32:19,880 Speaker 1: that you weren't aware of since you did the smart 577 00:32:19,880 --> 00:32:22,800 Speaker 1: thing and turned off the TV. But I also wanted 578 00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:26,280 Speaker 1: to do something special, something that maybe, just maybe would 579 00:32:26,360 --> 00:32:30,800 Speaker 1: let me recapture those old holiday feelings, the Christmas spirit 580 00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,000 Speaker 1: of my youth that I try to hold on to 581 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:34,080 Speaker 1: so desperately. 582 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:39,600 Speaker 2: What for me is Christmas? What for America is Christmas? 583 00:32:40,120 --> 00:32:41,200 Speaker 2: What can people of all. 584 00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:45,680 Speaker 1: Generations look at as a true piece of Americana that, 585 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:49,640 Speaker 1: in one minute represents what Christmas is all about? A 586 00:32:49,720 --> 00:32:54,200 Speaker 1: Charlie Brown Christmas and Linus on stage explaining the true 587 00:32:54,400 --> 00:32:59,200 Speaker 1: meaning of Christmas. In a time where every Christmas, not 588 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:03,280 Speaker 1: the Holidays, not Hanukah, not Kwansa, Christmas comes harder and 589 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:06,160 Speaker 1: harder under attack, to the point where the mere mention 590 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:10,320 Speaker 1: of Christ no longer is deemed appropriate in reference to 591 00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:13,280 Speaker 1: the very holiday that is to celebrate the birth of 592 00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:16,440 Speaker 1: our Lord Jesus Christ. When I look back and watch 593 00:33:16,440 --> 00:33:19,880 Speaker 1: a simple cartoon of a young child on stage quoting 594 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 1: from the Bible the Birth of Jesus to his friends, 595 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:26,520 Speaker 1: I think it's amazing they still allow this on TV 596 00:33:27,240 --> 00:33:30,840 Speaker 1: in today's politically correct world, I dare say that no 597 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,680 Speaker 1: major network would have the guts to do what a 598 00:33:33,760 --> 00:33:36,920 Speaker 1: Charlie Brown Christmas did, and that is to tell it 599 00:33:37,040 --> 00:33:40,800 Speaker 1: as it was written. No CGI, no five point one 600 00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:45,360 Speaker 1: surround sound, no HD, no celebrities. Just line this as 601 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:49,600 Speaker 1: spotlight and one minute worth of dialogue to put it 602 00:33:49,640 --> 00:33:53,560 Speaker 1: all into perspective to take the wrapping paper, the santas, 603 00:33:53,960 --> 00:33:57,080 Speaker 1: all the sales, the stress, and reduce it to rubble 604 00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:01,160 Speaker 1: under the weight of the true origins. Reason for the season, 605 00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:04,959 Speaker 1: for Untu is born today in the City of David, 606 00:34:05,080 --> 00:34:08,759 Speaker 1: a savior who is Christ the Lord. Even if you 607 00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:11,959 Speaker 1: don't believe, one would be hard pressed not to feel 608 00:34:12,000 --> 00:34:15,560 Speaker 1: the power of the story of one child born to 609 00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:19,840 Speaker 1: save the sins of man. Few times in American media 610 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:22,880 Speaker 1: have we got it right. Few times have we taken 611 00:34:22,920 --> 00:34:25,960 Speaker 1: the means to entertain and made it worth anything more 612 00:34:26,360 --> 00:34:29,880 Speaker 1: than the dollar amount the advertisers spend on a thirty 613 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:33,600 Speaker 1: second sixty second commercial for what it's worth. Coca Cola 614 00:34:33,800 --> 00:34:36,239 Speaker 1: was the original sponsor of A Charlie Brown Christmas, and 615 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:39,920 Speaker 1: over the years any product placement had to be edited 616 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,920 Speaker 1: out of A Charlie Brown Christmas because the advertisers were upset. 617 00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:47,000 Speaker 1: The fact that the mention of the christ story has 618 00:34:47,040 --> 00:34:50,279 Speaker 1: not been edited out of the cartoon as well, for me, 619 00:34:51,040 --> 00:34:54,719 Speaker 1: is a testament to what a wonderful piece of American 620 00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:59,040 Speaker 1: history A Charlie Brown Christmas is. Sure my wife may 621 00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:02,520 Speaker 1: not understand why I hold such a fondness for the cartoon, 622 00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:07,000 Speaker 1: why I still laugh at Snoopy dancing on Schroeder's piano. 623 00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:10,480 Speaker 1: Why my heart still goes out to Charlie Brown every 624 00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:15,480 Speaker 1: time he brings that pathetic looking Christmas tree in, but 625 00:35:16,280 --> 00:35:19,319 Speaker 1: she still stops down. My wife does to sit down 626 00:35:19,360 --> 00:35:22,719 Speaker 1: and watch that one minute of a child on stage 627 00:35:23,120 --> 00:35:28,000 Speaker 1: with a spotlight telling it like it is. That's what 628 00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:29,120 Speaker 1: Christmas is all about. 629 00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:31,960 Speaker 12: Everything I do turns into a disaster. I guess I 630 00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,960 Speaker 12: really don't know what Christmas is all about. Isn't there 631 00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:39,720 Speaker 12: anyone who knows what Christmas is all about? Here's Harlie Brown. 632 00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:41,680 Speaker 12: I can tell you what Christmas is all about. 633 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:49,080 Speaker 1: Life, please. 634 00:35:52,320 --> 00:35:55,440 Speaker 12: And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in 635 00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:58,239 Speaker 12: the field, keeping watch over their flock by night, and 636 00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:01,880 Speaker 12: low the Angel of the Lord upon them. The glory 637 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:05,200 Speaker 12: of the Lord shall round about them. They were so afraid, 638 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:09,000 Speaker 12: and the Angel said, unto them, if you're not for behold, 639 00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:11,680 Speaker 12: I bring your tidings great joy which shall be to 640 00:36:11,760 --> 00:36:14,680 Speaker 12: all people. For unto you is born this day in 641 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:18,160 Speaker 12: the City of David, a savior, just Christ the Lord. 642 00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,640 Speaker 12: And this shall be a sign onto you. You shall 643 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:24,920 Speaker 12: find the babe, wrapped in swaddling toes, lying in a manger, 644 00:36:25,760 --> 00:36:28,520 Speaker 12: and suddenly there was with the Angel a multitude of 645 00:36:28,560 --> 00:36:32,479 Speaker 12: the heavenly host praising God. I'm saying glory to God 646 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,440 Speaker 12: in the highest and on earth. 647 00:36:34,360 --> 00:36:36,239 Speaker 1: Peace would feel toward men. 648 00:36:40,080 --> 00:36:41,640 Speaker 12: That's what Christmas has thought about. 649 00:36:41,680 --> 00:36:44,000 Speaker 1: Charlie Brown, Thank you so much for listening to the 650 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:46,839 Speaker 1: show and your support of the show throughout the years. 651 00:36:46,880 --> 00:36:50,120 Speaker 1: As I headed into my tenth year here on Twin 652 00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:52,719 Speaker 1: City's News Talking, I'm looking forward to my time off, 653 00:36:52,719 --> 00:36:55,280 Speaker 1: but I'm also looking forward to getting back and getting 654 00:36:55,320 --> 00:36:59,120 Speaker 1: back at it starting on Monday, January fifth, in twenty 655 00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:02,959 Speaker 1: twenty six. I hope you and your family, your loved ones, 656 00:37:03,000 --> 00:37:07,400 Speaker 1: and your friends all have a fantastic and God filled 657 00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:11,200 Speaker 1: Christmas and New Years. I'll talk to you guys in 658 00:37:11,239 --> 00:37:15,080 Speaker 1: twenty twenty six. God bless and have yourself a merry Christmas. 659 00:37:15,360 --> 00:37:16,399 Speaker 1: Talk to you guys next year.